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" It is sufficient to say here that all important ports in the Philippine Islands now 

 have weather observers who are in telegraphic communication with the central 

 weather bureau in Manila, to which daily reports of the state of the thermometer, 

 barometer, and the direction and force of the wind are telegraphed. 



" The cable communication recently established with Guam, not far from which 

 typhoons originating in the Pacific are supposed to form, will add greatly to the 

 accuracy of the predictions and will admit of far earlier and more timely notice of 

 the phenomena which precede and attend their formation and movement." 



Climatic charts of the United States ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau !><><■. 

 301, charts 26). — These include 6 Washington daily weather maps 16J by 22.] in., for 

 February 1 to 6, 1903, inclusive, showing the movement of a typical storm, with full 

 explanation of symbols, etc.; 5 charts of normal precipitation, quarterly and annual, 

 for the period from 1871 to 1895, inclusive; 3 charts of normal sunshine, January, 

 July, and annual, for the period from 1871 to 1895, inclusive; 3 charts of normal 

 barometric pressure, reduced to sea level, January, July, and annual, for the period 

 from 1873 to 1899, inclusive; 3 charts of normal temperature of the air at the surface 

 of the earth, January, July, and annual, for the period from 1871 to 1895, inclusive; 

 and 6 charts of temperature, showing the mean maximum and the mean minimum 

 temperatures of the air at the surface of the earth in January and July during the 

 period from 1871 to 1901, inclusive, and the highest and lowest temperatures ever 

 observed at the "Weather Bureau stations. 



Monthly Weather Review {Mo. Weather Rev., 32 I 1904), Nos. 1. pp. 1-50, figs. 

 11, charts 12; 2, pp. 51-104, figs. 18, charts 1 2; .;. />)>. 105-158, figs. 9, charts 11).— 

 In addition to the usual reports on forecasts, warnings, weather, and crop conditions, 

 meteorological tables and charts for the months of January. February, and March, 

 1904, recent papers bearing on meteorology, etc., these numbers contain the follow- 

 ing articles and notes: 



Xo. 1. — Special contributions on Problems of the Atmosphere (illus.), by J. Dewar; 

 Tornado at Moundville, Ala. (illus.), by F. P. Chaffee; Arrangement of Lightning 

 Rods ( illus. ), by W. S. Franklin; A New Xethoseope, by L. Besson; The Earthquake 

 of January 20, 1904, at Washington, I). ('., by C. F. Marvin; Lunar Halo of January 

 30, 1904, by F. L. Odenbach; Studies on the Circulation of the Atmospheres of the 

 Sun and of the Earth — III. — The Problem of the General Circulation of the Atmos- 

 phere of the Earth (illus.), by F. H. Bigelow; and notes on meteorology in Servia, 

 the climate of southwestern Idaho, flow of spring water after first killing frost, an 

 old description of American climates, on lightning rods, forest fires in November, 

 1819, plant life and rainfall, ocean wave at Honolulu, Hawaii, lowest temperature at 

 Franklinville, X. Y., meteor at Marion, Ind., the peculiarities of California northers, 

 our climatological publications, Weather Bureau men as instructors, hurricane of 

 August 14—15, condition of the ocean, and paths of storm centers. 



No. 2. — Special contributions on Disposition of Rainfall in the Basin of the Chagres 

 (illus. ), by H. L. Abbot; Solar Halo of February 4, 1904, at Milwaukee, Wis. I illus. \, 

 by ■!. W. Schaffer; A Brief Discussion of Conditions Contributing to Freshets in the 

 James River Watershed (illus.), by E. A. Evans; Studies on the Circulation of the 

 Atmospheres of the Sun and of the Earth — IV. — Values of Certain Meteorological 

 Quantities for the Sun (illus.), by F. H. Bigelow; and the Temperature Element 

 of the Climate of Binghamton, X. Y. (illus.), by W. E. Donaldson: and notes on 

 desirability of complete rainfall records. 



Xo. 3. — Special contributions on The Diminution of the Intensity of Solar Radia- 

 tion during the Years 1902 and 1903 at Warsaw, Poland, Russia, by L. Gorczynski; 

 Origin of American Cold Waves; Destructive Storms in Kentucky, February 7, 1904 

 (illus.), byH.B. Hersey; Tornado at Meridian, 111.; Rain at Freezing Temperatures, 

 by E. I). Emigh; Formation of Clouds over Lake Michigan in Winter, by C. II. Lee; 

 Remarkable Meteors, by F. H. Schofield; Precipitation for Twenty-nine Years at 



